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September 15, 2024 9:32 PM

China prepares for heavy rain as typhoon Bebinca nears Shanghai

In China, authorities are preparing for heavy rain as a strong typhoon approached the country's heavily populated eastern seaboard. According to Beijing's emergency management ministry, typhoon Bebinca is expected to make landfall along a swath of coastline including the megacity of Shanghai sometim...

September 15, 2024 5:52 PM

Storm Boris wreaks havoc across eastern and central Europe

Torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe. Rivers were overflowing from Poland to Romania. Some parts of the Czech Republic and Poland faced the worst flooding in almost three decades. In the Czech Republic, two and a half lakh homes were witho...

September 15, 2024 2:02 PM

Members of Indian Diaspora in Sri Lanka celebrate Thiru Onam

Members of the Indian Diaspora in Sri Lanka are celebrating Thiru Onam today. The celebration of the harvest festival of Kerala, which symbolises prosperity, secularism and harmony was marked by traditional Pookkalam and Onam Sadya at several homes. In addition, the traditional Kasavu sarees and Mun...

September 15, 2024 1:23 PM

Egypt: 3 people killed in collision of two trains in Sharqia Governorate

In Egypt, at least three people were killed and 49 others injured in a collision of two trains yesterday in Sharqia Governorate, just north of the capital Cairo. According to Egypt's Ministry of Health, five persons are seriously injured. The governor of Sharqiya said all passengers were evacuated f...

September 15, 2024 1:17 PM

16 people killed, 40 others injured after fuel tanker exploded in Haiti

At least 16 people were killed and 40 others injured after a fuel tanker exploded in Haiti. Regional civil protection authorities said the explosion occurred yesterday when people were attempting to illegally collect fuel from the tanker following an accident in the Calbassier area of the Nippes dep...

September 15, 2024 12:44 PM

China issues Level IV emergency response to flooding in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui

China issued a Level IV emergency response to flooding in Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. China's Ministry of Water Resources said strong rain caused by the approaching Typhoon Bebinca will hit China's southeastern regions, and the water levels of some medium and minor ri...

September 15, 2024 12:43 PM

Russia, Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war captured during ongoing conflict

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 206 prisoners of war who were captured during their ongoing conflict. The Russian Defence Ministry said that a total of 103 Russian servicemen who were taken prisoner in the Kursk region have been released. In exchange, 103 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been trans...

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